HC Deb 05 March 1979 vol 963 c473W
Mr. Watkinson

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the returns on capital in British agriculture in 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972 and 1971 in money terms and in real terms.

Mr. Bishop

Estimates are made each year of aggregate farming net income, but it is not possible to separate returns on capital from the return to the manual and managerial labour of farmers and their spouses, except on arbitrary assumptions.

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